Likewise. I guess it's cause it's something unique. Or that ~forbidden fruit~ deal that attracts the tongue.
I agree with you there Amachi. Whale numbers are fast declining. We really should do something to save them actually.
Well, there has been numerous attempts to get their numbers up, hence the worldwide ban on whaling (to which not every country complies with, but nyeh).
Funnily/sadly enough, you're right. I remember hearing something about that a while ago, but I ain't sure if anything was being done about it. It'd be in the best interest of the industries to protect them though, as if they were to disappear, they'd get no more money. Same goes for whales in a way - whale watching is lucrative somewhat.
not really. We know that both of these species are at risk, both due to human action, and so the appropriate action should be taken to ensure their survival. Whether or not efforts to protect the Cod population are extreme as those taken to protect whales is to be seen.
Oh yeah, them Pokémon sites are the weirdest >.>
hehe, them countries that supported Japan were mostly poor and developing African nations who supported Japan's bid for the drop on whaling ban in return for aid and assistance, iirc.
k, so they weren't mostly African nations ^^; But I know that some were supporting the whaling nations in return for international aid.
See, that's a more extreme course of action ^^; Cod obviously is an important export of many countries, and so a ban on Cod fishing would have a large negative impact upon their economies. It'd be better just to regulate and control Cod fishing, both for their populations and for their respective industries.
Iceland is also a whaling nation. Small-scale hunting of small cetaceans is also conducted in St. Lucia, Dominica, and Grenada, while people living in a certain region of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are allowed to kill four humpback whales a year. In Russia, the native people of northeast Siberia are allowed to hunt a certain number of gray whales per year.
